Thor G. Gjerdrum

A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. engages in the trading of precious metals. It operates through the following segments: Wholesale Trading and Ancillary Services; Secured Lending; and Direct Sales. The Wholesale Trading and Ancillary Services segment offers gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in the form of bars, plates, powder, wafers, grain, ingots, and coins. The Secured Lending segment serves coin and precious metal dealers, investors, and collectors. The Direct Sales segment sells precious metals to the investor community. The company was founded by Steven C. Markoff on April 9, 1965 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Spectrum Group International is a global trading and collectibles network. We are a trader of precious metal products such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, and an auctioneer of coins and wine. We are also a lender offering loans to coin dealers, collectors and investors secured by their precious metals, rare coins, and other collectibles as collateral. Spectrum Group International’s total revenue exceeded $6.0 billion in fiscal year June 30, 2010, reflecting the success of our strategy to become a global leader in these markets. We are now a Fortune 500 company. The trading activities of Spectrum Group are conducted through A-Mark Precious Metals, one of the largest private sellers of bullion coins and bullion gold, silver and platinum to the wholesale marketplace. A-Mark's subsidiary Collateral Finance Corporation, which is the Official Numismatic Lender of the American Numismatic Association, provides financing on a wide array of bullion and numismatic products. Spectrum Group's collectibles companies in the numismatics field include Stack's Bowers Galleries (rare coin and currency auction house), Ponterio & Associates (world and ancient coins and currency auction house), Teletrade (online coin auctions) and Spectrum Numismatics International (wholesale rare coin dealer), all based in Irvine, California. Spectrum Wine Auctions is engaged in the sale by auction of rare and fine vintage wine.

BT Office Products International, Inc. had distributed office products for medium and large size businesses and institutions. The firm distributed general office products, business furniture, computer supplies and accessories, and promotional products including recycled and recyclable products. The company was headquartered in Buffalo Grove, IL.